Air tower
Granted 14 May 2019 · 2 office actions
Assignee: Whirlpool
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Inventors: Michael S. Seeley, Jason W. Tippetts, Jason Ammerman, Zachary A. Lownds · Examiner: Khawaja Anwar · AU 2912 · TC 2900
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1 parts›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of one embodiment of an air tower of the present disclosure for use in a refrigerating appliance;
FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the air tower of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 3 is a side perspective view of the air tower of FIG. 1 ;
FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the air tower of FIG. 1 with the environment removed;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged front perspective view of a top left corner of the air tower of FIG. 4 ;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged top plan cross-sectional view of the air tower, taken at the line VI-VI of FIG. 2 ;
FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of another embodiment of an air tower for use on an interior wall of an appliance of the present disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the air tower of FIG. 7 ;
FIG. 9 is a side perspective view of the air tower of FIG. 7 ;
FIG. 10 is a front perspective view of the air tower of FIG. 7 with the environment removed;
FIG. 11 is an enlarged front perspective view of a top left corner of the air tower of FIG. 10 ;
FIG. 12 is an enlarged top plan cross-sectional view the air tower, taken at the line XII-XII of FIG. 8 ;
FIG. 13 is a front elevational view of the air tower of FIG. 7 with the environment removed; and,
FIG. 14 is a front elevational view of area XIV of the air tower illustrated in FIG. 13 .
The dashed lines depict portions of the article that form no part of the claimed design. The dotted lines in FIGS. 7-11, 13, and 14 represent a pattern of the article that forms a part of the claimed design.
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